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Date Posted: 19:55:00 02/17/11 Thu
Author: BC
Subject: - "idiotic" behavior
In reply to: We3Kings 's message, "Texting and Motorcycling" on 18:27:43 02/17/11 Thu

-"idiotic" does not even begin to describe the sort of behavior captured in that video
- I could only bear to watch the first few seconds of that STUPID stunt
- envisioning the devastating possibilites!
- I can only hope some other young person doesn't see that mindless stunt and attempt to replicate it!

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Injuries and recovery--Amazing!! -- We3Kings, 21:02:01 02/20/11 Sun

I heartily agree!! I don't even like Tim messing with his Blackberry while driving. I am always asking him if I can type things for him. I mean, I try not to be a backseat driver, but I am a BIG proponent of paying attention while driving.

A few years back--okay, it has been almost 15 years come to think of it, a furniture truck pulled out in front of me when I was going 45mph. I hit the brakes, pulled the wheel hard ot right to try to slide into where he came out since the pavement was wet that day. It worked, except I connected with the metal bumper and he in turn dragged me around with him and eventually threw my little acclaim into the ditch on the other side. I climbed out with no injuries to speak of and proceeded to be a translator for the police as the guys who were in the truck did not speak English.

No one looking at my car believed it was me who was in there as the entire engine had been scooped up and dumped onto the windshield. I actually hit the steering wheel so hard, I broke the air bag AND the steering wheel into pieces.

I learned three important facts that day. #1--you will never catch me in a car WITHOUT my seatbelt. #2--distractions will kill you(if I had not been paying attention, just a fraction of a second and I would not have turned in time and would have been decapitated under the truck. and #3--Don't ask your dad which news he wants first; the good or the bad---and then proceed to say, "Well, Dad. The air bag works great." That is sooooo not the way to break the news to your dad, even if it is NOT your fault.

I was reading SFM's injury list and was truly amazed he was able to walk away from all of that!!!

A friend of mine was seriously injured in a wreck a few years ago. Though she did not have a scratch on her, her mental injuries are still things she struggles with today as a single mom. She had to learn how to eat, drink, speak, walk, everything all over again. It was a tremendous journey for all of us.

I tip my hat to you Stewart. It is truly not something you EVER forget. For years, I felt like I couldn't stop in time for lights, even though I knew I could, and I didn't have ANY injuries to speak of. It's hard getting back on that bike again, isn't it. So much mental baggage people do not think about and you don't want to seem weak either or childish about it.

Huh, its funny how such a small thing like fear can control so much of our lives......huh.....


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